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As part of its Open Book Initiative, Pearson Education has established an Internet-based communication policy that alerts educators to any factual or typographical errors or areas of possible misunderstanding in its school programs. In accordance with this policy, Prentice Hall is alerting you to corrections made in Science Explorer/Book B: Animals © 2000.

We organized the corrections by category:

Corrections of factual errors
Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors
Changes for clarification, where the original wording or art could be improved to support student understanding

Publishers typically reprint books several times over the life of a copyright. Corrections can be made in each printing. Thus, depending on which printing of Science Explorer/Book B: Animals you have, these corrections may already appear in your textbook.

Key:	Fig. = Figure
	Ch. = Chapter
	par. 1, par. 2, etc. = paragraph 1, paragraph 2, etc. (an incomplete paragraph at the top of a page is counted as paragraph 1)
	ques. 1, ques. 2, etc. = question 1, question 2, etc.
	col. 1, col. 2, etc. = column 1, column 2, etc.
	ans. = answer

Student Edition
0-13-434477-4

Corrections of factual errors.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
47	Project 2, Going Through Changes, par. 1, line 2	"...In its wormlike nymph stage,..."	"...In its white wormlike nymph stage,..."	05-Sep-2000
47	caption, last line	"bright green mature adults."	"dark green mature adults."	27-Aug-2000
85	Fig. 4, caption, lines 1–6	"Emperor penguins are the only animals that spend the winter in Antarctica. Though Antarctica winter temperatures can fall to –50°C, a dense coat keeps the adult birds warm...."	"Though Antarctica winter temperatures can fall to –50°C, a dense coat keeps adult Emperor penguins warm...."	31-Oct-2001
110	Fig. 22, caption, lines 1–2	Brachiosaurus, the largest dinosaur, grew to be over"	Brachiosaurus grew to be over"	31-Oct-2001
195	#5, last line	"...line.)"	"...line. Also, not all graphs are linear. It may be more appropriate to draw a curve to connect the points."	30-Oct-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
11	caption, lines 2–4	"...the Rio Madeira and the Rio Aripuana is..."	"...the Madeira River and the Aripuana River is..."	30-Oct-2001
41	Section 4 Review, #5	"...If a dog is kept on a leash whenever it is outside, is it likely to get a tapeworm? Explain."	"How does keeping a dog on a leash reduce its risk for getting a tapeworm?"	27-Aug-2000
109	par. 2, line 3	"...with only a few teeth visible...."	"...with only a few teeth visible when their mouths are closed...."	28-Aug-2000
146	par. 2, lines 2–3	"...how they eat, how they move, and where they live. For example,..."	"...how they eat and how their bodies are adapted for moving. For example,..."	30-Oct-2001
181	caption, line 2	"...has been woven"	"...has been made"	27-Aug-2000

Teacher's Edition
0-13-434560-6

Corrections of factual errors.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
86	Answers to Self-Assessment, Caption Question, line 1	"Figure 5 About 280 million years..."	"Figure 5 About 380 million years..."	06-Sep-2000

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
38	Background, col. 1, last line	"Trichinella larvae..."	"Trichinella larvae..."	29-Aug-2000
38	Inquiry Challenge, Extend, lines 3–4	"...Where are its sense organs are located?..."	"...Where are its sense organs located?..."	31-Oct-2001